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  • January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (A)

By: Juan Alcacer and Nancy Hua Dai
In April 2013, Ford Asia Pacific & Africa (FAPA) was examining its options for e-coating service metal parts for the Ford Customer Service Division in Sanand, Gujarat, India. Randy Creel, Director of Parts Supply & Logistics, FAPA, worked with his colleagues in the US,... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Investment; International Business; Location Strategies; Global Strategy; Supply Chain
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  • August 2016
  • Teaching Note

Mahindra Lifespace Developers' Venture into Affordable Housing

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Monica Baraldi
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Limited (MLDL) was the infrastructure and real estate arm of the Mahindra Group, an Indian conglomerate with revenues of $16.5 billion in 2014. Employing 400 experts in land acquisition, design, project management, sales and marketing, and... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Housing; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Human Needs; Social Issues; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; India
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  • Profile

Ramya Sundar

best thing about your home town? The food! Chennai has an unbelievable variety of options when it come to food. Be it the comforting (yet delicious) Sambhar to the freshly brewed filter-coffee, my hometown definitely has the best to... View Details
  • 17 Dec 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

first for-profit hospital in the southern city of Chennai in 1983. Today the Apollo Hospitals Group manages more than 30 hospitals and treats patients from many different countries, according to the case. Tarun Khanna, a Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Weaving Success in India

Ramanathan Nalli (OPM 22, 1995), formerly chairman, now serves as vice chairman of the Nalli Group of Cos. Under his leadership, the company grew from one retail store in Chennai to 30 locations throughout India, selling 1.5 million saris... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • Profile

Joseph Blair

says, “I wanted a general-management MBA that would complement my work history.” Interactions on campus and in Chennai “When I first came here,” says Joe, “I was most impressed by the way students interacted with each other – that’s the... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Turning Point: Ready or Not

connection to your heritage until the oldest person in your family passes away. In that sense, my grandmother’s death last September, at the age of 92, was a turning point for me. I had already lost my father; right before lockdown, I was able to return to View Details
Keywords: reflection; life experience; leadership
  • September 2009
  • Supplement

One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (B)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in Chennai, India. The B case provides the reader with due diligence observations, which reveal numerous potential problems with the investment.... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Private Equity; Investment; Foreign Direct Investment; Markets; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Partners and Partnerships; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Chennai; United States
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  • September 2009
  • Case

One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (A)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in Chennai, India. The case provides the reader with a detailed investment memorandum from the local Indian operating partner, and the reader must... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Emerging Markets; Partners and Partnerships; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Chennai; United States
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  • January 2007 (Revised August 2008)
  • Case

NatuRi Corporation

By: Robert F. Higgins and Virginia Fuller
NatuRi Corporation was a start up, founded in 2005, aiming to manufacture a cholesterol-lowering drug made from the byproducts of rice bran oil production. With operations split between Chennai, India and Boston, Massachusetts, NatuRi faced several challenges,... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Equity; Investment Funds; Growth and Development Strategy; Chennai; Boston
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  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Profiles from the Class of 2005

of Chennai (formerly Madras) who speaks four languages, Mahesh is sensitive to such nuances. At Stanford, he spent six months studying and working in Japan. “When you live in a foreign country, it broadens your horizons significantly,” he... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Julia Hanna; James E. Aisner; Graduate profiles; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

parts supply & logistics, FAPA, worked with his colleagues in the U.S., UK, China, and India to conduct analysis and develop three options: outsourcing e-coating to a third party in Sanand, outsourcing e-coating to a third-party in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Money Matters

has opened satellite offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai to serve a client roster of more than 40,000 employees from among its growing list of corporate clients. If We Had Only Known INDIA RISING: iTrust’s corporate... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance